title: Cumulative life course impairment by epidermolysis bullosa.
abstract: Inherited epidermolysis bullosa, which encompasses at least 30 distinctive genetic diseases, may be associated with marked functional impairment, the result of the presence of severe cutaneous and extracutaneous manifestations or complications in some of its subtypes.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA. Jo-David.Fine@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Jo-David
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Fine
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D004820:Epidermolysis Bullosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans